- Λάκων
- Λάκων. -ωνοςGrammatical information: m., f.Meaning: `Laconian, Lacedaimonian, or f.', name of the inhabitant of Laconia (Lacedaimon), also as adj. (f. also Λακωνίς) `laconian, lacedaimonian' (Thgn., Pi.).Other forms: ΛάκαιναCompounds: Few compp. like λακωνο-μανέω `imitate Lacedaemonian manners', μισο-λάκων `Laonia(n)-hater, enemy of Sparta' (Ar.).Derivatives: Λακωνικός `Laconian' (IA.), Λα-κώνιον name of a female cloth (pap.); λακωνίζω `behave like a L., be minded like.., speak like etc.' (Att. ; Schwyzer 736) with Λακων-ισταί m. pl. `partisan of the L.' (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 71), -ισμός `L.-friedly behaviour' (X.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Acc. to Dittenberger Herm. 41, 196 hypocoristic for official Λακεδαιμόνιος, why f. Λάκαινα (for Λακεδαιμονία) is almost alone; vgl. Chantraine Études 108 w. n. 2. Krahe IF 57, 119 connects the name as prob. Illyrian with Lacinium promontory in southern Italy, Iuno Lacinia. Fur. 171 n. 117 thinks that the suffix -αινα is Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,76
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.